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Specialist Services Committee / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... to remove erroneous labels of childhood allergy.”[ 1 ] For me, de-labeling penicillin allergies has become a ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM January/February 2022
... were reported, with 13 different groups surpassing the 1 million mark. Seven out of 10 people lived in Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver.[ 1 ] In BC, 29.6% had a mother tongue that was not English or French.[ 1 ] Although the challenges for people of different ethnic ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME January/February 2022
... The seminars are accredited for Mainpro+ and MOC Section 1 credits. Our seminar series presenters include community ... us a voicemail on our Medical Advisor Information Line at 1 855 476-3059. This line directs physicians and nurse ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Jiwei Li, MD March 2022
... not be so good. Sadly, this is the situation for over 1.5 million Canadians who live with frailty, a state of ... is caused by an accumulation of multisystemic decline”[ 1 ] that poses significant risk to an individual’s quality ...
Letters / BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC March 2022
... interpretations. Causative factors appear to include (1) misguided patient demand, (2) a lack of knowledge of ... Estimates put the number of MRIs done in BC annually at 1 per 21 people, and 1 per 18.5 nationally. Within the central NHA catchment area, ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2022
... We are now 51st in the world in doctors per population.[ 1 ] The VGH nursing school was a major supplier of graduate ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2022
... average wing speed of a hummingbird and the cube root of 1 367 631. Following my initial flawed interview attempt, ...
News / BY: Hali Stus March 2022
... of $2 million. Individual premiums start as low as $1 per month for $100 000 up to $26 per month for $2 ...
News / BY: Tara Hamilton March 2022
... at thamilton@doctorsofbc.ca or 604 638-6058 (toll-free: 1 800 665-2262). —Tara Hamilton Senior Advisor, Audit and ...
WorkSafeBC, COVID-19 / BY: Jacqueline Holmes March 2022
... Contact our Prevention Information Line at 604 276-3100 or 1 888 621-SAFE if you have questions or concerns about ...